Shot and powder charger



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SHOT AND POWDER CHARGER.

Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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' WALTER S. CAPES/VELE OF OAKVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

lsl-io'r AND POWDER CHARGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,718, dated August3, 1886.

Application filed May 24, 1886. Serial No. 33,106. (No inndel.)

. To all whom t may concern/.5v

Be it known that I, WALTER S. CAPEWELL,

of Oakville, in the county of Litchfield and g State ofConnecticnt,,have invented'a new Im- 5 provernent in Shot and Powder Chargers; and Ido hereby declare the following, when taken in connection lwithaccompanying drawingsl and the letters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part 'of this specification, andiepresent, inl-Figure l, a side view; Fig. 2, a side view turned one-fourth around;Fig. 3, a vertical portion enlarged; Fig.

section of the' charger 4, an inside View of the cap.

This invention 'relates to an improvement in shot and powder chargers,and particularly to that class in which the charger is adj nstable, toadapt it to charges ot' various quantities,and with a gate at the outerend, which isclosed when the gate or cut-off at the mouth ol' the iiaskis open, and vice versa.

In the usual construction of chargers the shot or powder isiiable toclog at" the month of the fiask and Ainterfere with the proper workl ingof the cut-oft. l

vrIhe object of this invention is to avoid this difficulty; and itconsists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularlyrecited in the claim.

A represents the body to receive the powder or shot, as the case may be.Its neck end is closed by a cap, B, secured to the flask'in any suitablemanner. Through the cap a'tube, 4(l, is introduced, opening into theflask in the usual manner for such chargers. Transversely across theinside ot' the cap B is a groove, vD, extending outside the ilask, asseen in Fig. et, and into which groove a gate, E, is arranged to slideoutand in, and so as to open or eut oit' the tube O from the flask, inthe usual manner for the gate in this class' ot' chargers. AUpon theinside of the cap, and upon the sideof the opening opposite the gate, isa recess, F, considerably deeper than the groove in which the gateworks, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. l

- G is a tube arranged outside the tube C,

- and so as to slide thereon in theusual inanner for the adjustable tubeof this class of chargers. rlhe tube G is provided with a lateral of theliask, adapted distance between the two gates E I. The twogates arearranged in line witheach other, as shown, so that both may be moved 1nthe same direction.

arm, J, extending from the one, E, and an arm,

K, extending'froni the gate I, and so as to liey upon each other, asseen in Fig. 3. In the one K is a longitudinal slot, a, through which asetscr fl), extends into the other arm, J, and by which the two arms maybe clamped together at anypoint to which the gates may be set withrelation to each other.

The gate I is longer than the gate E, and so that when the gate E isopen the gate I is closed, as seen in Fig. 3. In this condition thecontents ofthe frame arefree to rnninto the tube upon the gate I; but.when the two gates are forced in ward', as indicated in broken lines,Fig. 3, and 'so that the gate E will have passed over the inner end ofthe tube C, so as to close it, the gate I will lhave passed inward, tobring an opening, d, therein across the lower end ot' the tube G, and sothat the contents in the tube C above the gate II and below the gate Emay escape. Then on the return of the gates the gate I closes thcpassagefrom the tube C, and the gate E opens the tube to the flask to receive asecond charge.

As the normal condition of the parts is with the gates in the positionof the tube C closed by the gate I, and that the gates may be retainedin that position, I arrange a spring, L, the tendency of which is toforce and hold the gates in thcirnormal position, but so as to The twoOates are connected b an v being.

yield under the inward movement of the gate, V

as indicated by broken lines, Fig. 3.

To vary the charge the outer tube, G, with l the gate it carries, ismoved toward or from the cap, as the case may be, andas indicated bybroken lines, Fig. 3, and when so adjusted the outer tube may be clampedupon the inner tube by a sct-screw, M; or the setscrew b may be alonedepended upon for that purpose; or, the screw M being used, the screw bmay serve only as the means for making the connection between the twogates, that the movement of one may beimparted to the other.

` strueti ng shot or grains up or down, as the case may be, and thusavoid obstruction to the gate, which sometimes exists in the more commonconstruction. Y,

The adjacent parts are provided with graduations, as seen in Fig. 2, inthe usual manuel', and so as io measure the contents of the charger.

To preserve the gates from heilig forced outward too "i'ar by thespring, the inner end 'of the gate extends beyond the end of the guideH, and is bent down, as seen in Fig. 1, so as to form a stop to limitthe return movement of the gates.

I claim- In a charging-desk, the combination of the flask A, the cap B,fixed thereto, and with a tube, @extending therefrom, .opening into theask through the cap, the gate E, arranged to slide in a groove upon theinside of the cap and transversely across the opening C, the capconstructed with the recess F upon its inside, and about said opening,and below the plane of the said gate E, with a tube, G, adjustable onsaid tube C, a second gate, I, arranged in guides in said tube Gr, andso as to slide transversely through it, the said gate constructed withan opening, d, the two gates adjustably connected, and the spring L,substantial] y as and for the purpose described.

- XV. S. GAPEWELL.

Titnessesz C. S. BRADLEY, 1t. l. BRAnLnY.

